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U.S. states' pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency
(Reuters) - Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drugs conventions, the U.N. anti-narcotics chief said on Wednesday, adding he would discuss the issue in Washington next week.
Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the U.S. capital voted this month to allow the use of marijuana, boosting the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream.
"I don't see how (the new laws) can be compatible with existing conventions," Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), told reporters.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-usa-drugs-un-idUSKCN0IW1GV20141112
(Reuters) - Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drugs conventions, the U.N. anti-narcotics chief said on Wednesday, adding he would discuss the issue in Washington next week.
Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the U.S. capital voted this month to allow the use of marijuana, boosting the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream.
"I don't see how (the new laws) can be compatible with existing conventions," Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), told reporters.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-usa-drugs-un-idUSKCN0IW1GV20141112
Are we obligated to conform? If not, how does that impact other UN accords? If so, is Obama obligated to crack down?
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Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
OP
Disapproval from the UN is an interesting method to gain RW support for the laws.
LonePirate
Nov 2014
#2
And yet the UN is happy to have members who execute gay people and that does not break
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2014
#5
The UN is like July in Florida, it's not the heat, it's the hypocrisy that gets to you....
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2014
#11
And yet Jerry is the Governor of Wine Country, where they have driving maps for tasting tours....
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2014
#13
One can disapprove of marijuana use, but that doesn't mean it should be a crime.
Comrade Grumpy
Nov 2014
#16
That happens at a glacial pace. But it will be under discussion in 2016.
Comrade Grumpy
Nov 2014
#19